Apple's Consideration of Search Engine Alternatives Revealed in Antitrust Trial

Apple Considered Switch to Search Engine DuckDuckGo From Google 🔗

Apple Inc. held talks with DuckDuckGo to replace Alphabet Inc.’s Google as the default search engine for the private mode on Apple’s Safari browser, but ultimately rejected the idea.

Apple considered replacing Google with DuckDuckGo as the default search engine for the private mode on Safari but ultimately rejected the idea. The discussions with DuckDuckGo, as well as considerations of buying Bing from Microsoft, were revealed in unsealed transcripts from the US government's antitrust trial against Google. Apple's executive viewed the switch to DuckDuckGo as "probably a bad idea."

Apple considered replacing Google with DuckDuckGo as the default search engine for Safari's private mode
Discussions with DuckDuckGo and considerations of buying Bing from Microsoft were revealed in unsealed transcripts from the US government's antitrust trial against Google
Apple's executive viewed the switch to DuckDuckGo as "probably a bad idea"